My new wooden deck

[Sunni Man]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

 

[Auld Phart]

Looks good.

Plan on painting, or staining, it?

 

[NoNukes]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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How much will you have to spend on deck furniture though?

 

[Sunni Man]

I used my stimulus check to build it. ...

 

[BULLDOG]

Add a few chairs, a table and a grill, and you and your family will have a nice place to enjoy the summer.

 

[Desperado]

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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Needs some safety railings to keep party-ers from falling off, which could expose you to legal action.

 

[Sunni Man]

Needs some safety railings to keep party-ers from falling off, which could expose you to legal action.

I'll have to wait for my next stimulus check to add hand rails. ...

 

[norwegen]

Well done.

Speaking of which, here is a gift for your accomplishment.

 

[Votto]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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What a deal!

With inflation as high as it is, thanks to Progressive spend thrifts, I built one just like it that cost me twice as much.

 

[miketx]

If you have a doggie, save some money and let him stain it for you.

 

[Sunni Man]

I went to a warehouse that used to give away old wooden pallets for free to make my deck.
But now they want $600 bucks per pallet. ...

 

[odanny]

A couple hundred for a handrail and you're all set.

 

[night_son]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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What about the forklift to move it into place?

 

[DGS49]

This may be a minor point, but since your "deck" is not permanently affixed to the real estate, you may not have had to get a building permit. I built a somewhat larger deck at my house and did not attach it to the house or embed it into the soil. I never bothered to get a building permit, and was prepared to tell the inspector if the question ever came up that the deck was a temporary structure and not a permanent "improvement."

No one ever asked.

 

[Faun]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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You must be Vince...

 

[Quasar44]

I built a new deck today. Only cost me $800 for the lumber and $200 for the permit. ...

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I am guessing you don’t have any jooze in your area lol

 

[strollingbones]

damn price of lumber is no joke...

 

[Rigby5]

I have never once gotten a permit for a deck.
It can't harm the house, so there is no basis for requiring one.
In Houston, they tried to claim you need a permit just to remove the trap if something fell down the drain.
No one takes that seriously.
The law says permits can only be required if you can cause a danger to others, like with plumbing, gas, or wiring.
And repairs are exempt.

By the way, to treat exposed wood, paint is no good if it is going to get scratched by people walking on it.
Stain is color but evaporates too quick for protection.
Linseed oil is the best preservative. Stinks at first though.

 

[odanny]

I built a 8' x 12' deck to code, code required I use 6 x 6's instead of 4 x 4's, the thing is ridiculously overbuilt, especially since I used a power post hole digger and ended up wallowing out the holes so wide that I used over 30 bags of concrete for my 4 posts.